The secret to the success of the P90X program is “muscle confusion.” Most people often make the mistake of getting stuck in the same workout routine for several months at a time. P90X breaks each muscle group down throughout each of the 12, hour-long, workout videos. Each video targets different parts of the body, which does not allow the body to adapt to specific workouts. So, if your goal is to increase muscle tone, improve your overall fitness and cardiovascular endurance, and are willing to devote some time and energy, then the P90X Training System is the perfect workout program for you.

P90X’s 12 Intense Workouts:

1. Chest and Back
2. Plyometrics
3. Shoulders and Arms
4. Yoga X
5. Legs and Back
6. Kenpo X
7. X stretch
8. Core Synergistics
9. Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps
10. Back and Biceps
11. Cardio X
12. Ab Ripper X

If you have any questions or concerns about the P90X Training System, please leave a comment below and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

Read our review to learn more about the P90X Diet.

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The P90X Workout Improves Overall Fitness and Muscle Tone

Of course, safety is a big issue, but if you take a lesson or play it safe you will be more than fine. I also recommend starting with a long board then upgrading to a shorter one once you get better.

Below is a total body workout that I have put together to strengthen the muscles and parts of the body necessary to concur the sport of surfing. I have incorporated several core movements as well as upper and lower body exercises.

The upper body exercises are designed to increase the muscular strength and endurance of the chest, back, shoulders, biceps, and triceps. The lower body exercises are designed to increase the muscular strength and endurance of quads, hamstrings, glutes, hips, and calves (all of which are put to the test during surfing). I recommend performing two or three set of 10 to 20 repetitions. Good luck and enjoy!!

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The Ultimate Surfing Workout

Below is a workout routine that will help enhance your golf game and will help you drive the ball further than you ever have. The workout focuses on the major muscle groups that play a key role in the golf swing. These muscle groups consist of the core, hamstrings and quads, upper back, shoulders, and the forearms.

The core is used for strength and power while the quads and hamstrings are used to maintain good posture and prevent lower back and knee injuries. The upper back, shoulders, and forearms are used for spine and club control. I recommend performing two or three sets of 20 repetitions to increase muscular strength as well as endurance. Good Luck!!

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The Golf Workout

The sport of tennis is not only fun, but it provides several health benefits as well. One of which, according to Dr. Jack Groppel, is that people who play at least three hours of tennis a week cut their chances of death from any cause or health risk in half. I don’t know about you, but I am going to start playing a little more tennis according to that statistic.

Another benefit is that competitive tennis burns more calories than aerobics such as in-line skating or cycling. Lastly, according to Dr. Jim Gavin, tennis outperforms other sports in developing positive personal characteristics such as self-esteem and self-worth.

Below is a list of exercises that will help your tennis game by increasing your muscular strength and endurance. I recommend performing two to three sets of 15 to 20 repetitions. Good luck!!

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The Tennis Player’s Workout

The Missing Link

With average gym goers primarily concerned with the development of their upper body, many weight lifters forget or just neglect to train their legs. This becomes a problem with both men and women who are focusing on either building muscle or losing fat.

For men this is a problem because they are often focused on total body functional strength, or aesthetic symmetry and muscle size. For women this is a problem because they often spend too much time on endurance cardio, and end up missing the huge metabolic potential of leg training.

In order to properly integrate leg training into our routine, we need to know why, how, and when to train those wheels.

Why Train Your Legs

Your legs are the largest group of muscles in your body. By training your legs hard, you will be setting yourself up to realize the most overall strength and fat loss gains when compared to all other muscle groups.

Strong legs will allow you to:

• Pick up anything heavy off the floor or ground.

• Form the foundation of your body’s core strength chain.

• Strengthen your lower back to protect from injury.

• Lift the most weight of all muscle groups.

• Burn the most calories of all muscle groups.

• Stimulate the highest growth hormone release through training.

Think of it this way: the potential growth of any one muscle group will be directly impacted by the conditioning of the muscles in the rest of the body. Moreover, muscular imbalance in the legs could inevitably lead to injury, asymmetry, upper body over-training, and the dreaded nickname “Chicken Legs”.

Some Examples of Leg Training Goals

The best way to approach an overhaul of your workout program is to set up a series of goals for your new training plan. This will give you a focus and a method to qualify your results.

Some leg training goals might include:

• Increase overall leg, lower back, and core strength.

• Condition your cardiovascular system with high rep squats and sprints.

• Add size and girth to the legs through strength and hypertrophy training.

• Practicing and perfecting your form for these demanding compound exercises.

• Improve sprint times.

• Burn fat through the increased metabolic demands of lower body strength training.

How to Train Your Legs

The squat is arguably the best exercise that any athlete can perform. Overhead press, bench press, and deadlifts rank right up there too. Sprinting, specifically in conjunction with high intensity interval training (HIIT), is considered the most effective form of cardiovascular work.

When we train our legs with resistance training, we will be focusing on the following compound exercises:

• Squats to work our quads. Squats are #1 on the list of the 5 best leg exercises for the quads.

• Deadlifts to work our hamstrings. Deadlifts are #1 on the list of the 5 best hamstring exercises.

• Good mornings to work our glutes and lower back.

• Lunges to work our legs in a unilateral range of motion.

• Interval sprints for explosive strength and cardiovascular conditioning.

Please return for part 2 of this article Friday 2/13, when you will learn how to construct a HIIT session for sprinting and how to implement an eight-week training program to bring your lower body conditioning up to speed.

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How to Train Legs, Part I

• A strong and stable core will help to stabilize the muscles involved with balance. These muscle regions consist of the hips, hip flexors, abdominals, and other leg muscles as well.

• Proper posture is important for so many reasons, especially the older you get. Back pain, neck pain, and several other forms of pain can result from poor posture over the years.

• Injury prevention is another amazing benefit of working the core. Obviously not all injuries can be prevented, but most can be or the severity of the injury can be lessened.

I work my core five to six days a week and recommend working the core as often as possible. I work my core before my actual workout and again after to cool down. For you athletes out there, a strong and stable core is vital for proper technique and helping your body not breakdown from all the contact and extra responsibilities placed on it. Below are some of the exercises you can do to strengthen and stabilize your center of gravity (core). I recommend performing twenty to as many repetitions as you can for two to three sets and as often as you can.

Top 10 Core Exercises

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Top 10 Core Exercises